Johns-Manville Corp. v. Chubb Indemnity Insurance

For almost 30 years, the Johns-Manville Corporation (“Manville”) and its insurers have sought to navigate the monumental liability arising out of its production of a once-valued substance — asbestos. These appeals are yet another judicial stop on that long journey.

The matter is before us on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, which determined that the bankruptcy court’s 1986 orders in Manville’s Chapter 11 proceedings — “whether or not proper exercises of bankruptcy court jurisdiction and power” — are not subject to collateral attack by either the parties to the 1986…